When I listened to Bill Maher podcast on Saturday morning, I spat out my coffee. He came up with the new acronym for the GOP: “Grab Our Pussies.” Maher quipped, “There’s a lot of things people don’t like about Hillary Clinton, but when she rubs you the wrong way, it’s just an expression.” Watch Maher’s hilarious monologue.
Plenty of the attacks levelled against Clinton over the years have been policy-oriented and substantive, stemming from her mishandling of health-care reform during her husband’s first Administration, or from her initial support for the war in Iraq, or from her use of a private e-mail server while she was Secretary of State—criticisms that could have been lobbed in the same terms at a male politician of similar ambition. But much of what Clinton has had to battle, for decades, is sexism. She has not, as Trump noted, given up, but the fight has been a wearying spectacle, and one that may explain, at least in part, why people complain of Hillary Clinton fatigue.
Hillary has fought her past embarrassment as Talbot wrote:
Clinton’s reputation has also been prone to another unfortunate pattern: she was often more popular when she was seen to be suffering a traditionally feminine humiliation. As First Lady, her approval ratings rose after the Monica Lewinsky revelations and during Kenneth Starr’s investigation of them. In 2008, many people rallied to her after she was excoriated for seeming to tear up at a campaign event. Trump was clearly seeking to humiliate Clinton by inviting women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault to be his guests at the second debate. But this time it felt like she was long past embarrassment of the sort he was trying to induce—the stakes were too high, and Trump’s insults to women too categorical
For those who believe America should be a beacon of a hope in a world ravaged by terrorism, that it should be a force for good and that its leaders should embody all that is best about this nation, there is only one choice for president: Hillary Clinton.
He calls them Miss Piggy.
He grabs them by their pussy.
Then he says they are ugly.
The Donald has lost his basic decency.
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Ms. Clinton is often accused of being secretive, which is true up to a point. Yet most of her adult life has been lived in the glare of the public spotlight. She has the scars and headlines to prove it. She may be the most scrutinized individual in public life. Her flaws have been chewed over for years. And yet she’s still standing, an accomplishment in itself. Throughout her trials and triumphs, she has shown an admirable level of resilience and self-confidence.
Đán: Can I slap you in the face?
Dad: Ba không hiểu con nói tiếng Việt đi?
Đán: Can I đánh you in the face?
Dad: Cha mầy.
15 women have accused Donald Trump of assaulting or violating them. My prediction might be correct: By Nov. 8 @realDonaldTrump will beat Cosby in sexual assault allegations.
In other news, Marlee Matlin responds to Trump’s “retarded” remark:
The fact that we are talking about this during a very important moment in American history has upset me deeply. As a person who is deaf, as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as an actor, I have a voice. And I’m using that voice to make myself heard … and vote. There are millions of deaf and hard of hearing people like me, in the United States and around the world, who face discrimination and misunderstanding like this on a daily basis. It is unacceptable.
By electing Clinton, America will get all our Hillarys, and no surprises. Her enemies know what they’re up against, her allies appreciate her many strengths, the press has been pre-schooled in her hunker-down style of squeezing out petulant clarifications, and her progressive critics formed their suspicions several presidents ago. For this electoral moment, though, Clinton may be precisely the president we need, flaws and all.
While Kristin Anderson says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s, Summer Zervos, former ‘Apprentice’ contestant, claims Trump groped her. I have nothing but respect and support for these courageous women.
Jim Tankersley breaks down “Who would win and lose under Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s tax plans.”
Hillary Clinton’s tax plan:
Working families, particularly low-income parents with young children. Clinton would double the existing child tax credit for working-class families from a maximum of $1,000 a year to $2,000 a year, per child, for children 4 and under. She would expand the credit to an estimated 14 million more families by changing income thresholds for benefiting from it. She would also create new tax credits for out-of-pocket health-care expenses and for caring for a parent or grandparent. Clinton has suggested she could offer new tax credits to defray child care expenses as part of her plan to limit any family’s spending on child care to no more than 10 percent of its income, but she has not specified how that would work.
Donald Trump’s tax plan:
Trump’s plan eliminates taxpayers’ ability to claim deductions for each of their children — and a provision called “head of household” status that lowers tax bills for many single parents. New York University professor and former Obama administration economic adviser Lily Batchelder estimates that those losses would more than outweigh the benefits of Trump’s plan for millions of families and single parents.